The Exalted: An Overview of all Reputations

Following last weekend guide to all titles, this guide provides an overview of all the factions in the game to help you work towards your Exalted and Beloved titles! Friendships (Tillers and Nat Pagle) do not count as reputations, and you must hit Exalted with all the factions on the same character, so this can be a bit of a challenge if you love alts.

We've broken it down the same way it's categorized on your character's reputation tab and provided summaries of each faction, their perks, and related achievements. We've also summarized some buffs that can provide reputation boosts.

Click the cut to read our reputation overview!

Reputation Achievements

For personal achievements, there are a series of reputation-related ones:

Guild (1)

In Cataclysm, guild reputation was introduced which was meant to promote stability and community among guildmates. Reputation with one's guild was gained by completing quests and participating in guild-run instances, raids, RBGs, and arena. To speed up reputation gains among alts and new recruits, two new tabards were introduced that gave bonus gains to guild reputation: Illustrious Guild Tabard and Renowned Guild Tabard.

Mists of Pandaria (14)

The August Celestials defend Pandaria's temples from the Sha. Each day, they'll send you to one of four temples to complete a short series of daily quests.

The most notable daily hub is the Cradle of Chi-Ji, the birthplace of the Red Crane, the Southern Celestial. It is currently where young Pandaren initiates train under Thelonius. What starts off as a playful battle with initiate Ellia Ravenmane turns into something much darker, as she is unhealthily obsessed with winning and fights out of despair. Completing this specific questline rewards Champion of Chi-Ji.

Wrathion is back in Mists of Pandaria with a new legendary questline for all classes and specs. Players need to reach Exalted with him to complete the The Crown of Heaven step of the questline and obtain a legendary meta-gem.

The Klaxxi are a faction in Dread Wastes that are sworn to protect the ideals of the Mantid Empire, even at the cost of killing their ruler.

To grind rep with The Klaxxi, you'll have to do a long questline in Dread Wastes. This should get you to Honored, where there are at least 6 quests available from the Klaxxi Elders you freed.

At Revered, you free two more Elders, who give you additional daily quests. After you free a Klaxxi elder, you can request Enhancements and Augments from them, like Malik the Unscathed granting Iron Mantid. Hidden quests are also sometimes available during specific daily phases, such as Massive Kyparite Core from Kypa'rak's Core.

Players can purchase ilvl 489 necks, pants, and belts and Blacksmithing recipes, as well as vanity-themed items like Reins of the Amber Scorpion, a Horde-style scorpion mount, and a series of ilvl 463 weapons with distinctive amber-dipped looks for transmog.

As the keepers of Pandaren culture,The Lorewalkers go hand-in-hand with the spirit of Archaeology. The unusual reputation grind fits the nature of these cultural librarians, and reputation rewards enhance this profession.

Each monument in Pandaria is tied to an achievement. Upon visiting all the monuments for an achievement, you will be mailed a scroll that begins a quest. Both completing the achievement and turning in the scroll to Lorewalker Cho will give reputation. Turning in all the scrolls will net you Exalted.

When you turn the scroll in, Lorewalker Cho will automatically reenact a story for you that sheds light on Pandaren lore. You can hear these stories again anytime by talking to Lorewalker Cho.

These factions were added in 5.1, when the Alliance and Horde landed on the shores of Pandaria to continue their escalating conflict.

Players gain reputation through daily quests encouraging World PvP, as well as a epic questline involving many faction leaders. There are four possible quest hubs you can get sent to, and six contested areas players can capture for buffs.

There are four possible daily quest hubs you will be sent to: you can get 900 reputation a day before reputation bonuses are taken into effect. You can also do an additional Beastmaster group quest for +200 reputation.

If you want to ride any of the fancy new cloud serpent mounts in Mists, you'll need to get exalted with this faction.

Gaining reputation is pretty fun: it's a mix of Netherwing and Wintersaber Trainers. You'll start off with a cloud serpent egg and raise the hatched serpent to maturity, doing daily quest that involve competitive races along the way. You can also turn in eggs for additional reputation: Onyx To Goodness.

The Shado-Pan protect Pandaria from the imprisoned Sha--no small task. They are found wearing their distinctive navy-and-red armor throughout the borders of Pandaria in Kun-Lai Summit and Townlong Steppes.

The Shado-Pan daily hub is located in western Townlong Steppes. Daily quests are selected from three sets of quest hubs, which all give +250 rep, except for the final quest which is 350 rep.

With each hub comes a special buff as well as a choice of three companions that will help DPS. When first starting out, players can "recruit" more companions by defeating them in combat, such as The Challenger's Ring: Hawkmaster Nurong.

The Tillers are a peaceful faction in Valley of the Four Winds that loves farming.

You'll harvest a variety of crops yielding everything from vegetables to profession materials, gain reputation through a series of quests to expand your farm, and also gain friendship with 10 Tiller NPCs who enhance your farm in Halfhill.

The Tillers have three main components:Farming: how to plant, grow, and maintain crops, as well as how to expand a farm.

Tillers Union: the main questline in which the player wins union votes from Halfhill residents, daily quests, and Tillers reputation rewards.

Friendship: NPCs have their own "friendship" bars--becoming their "Best Friend" allows you to unlock additional rewards for your farm.

Cataclysm (7)

A subset of the Cenarion Circle directly battling Ragnaros' armies in Firelands, one gains rep with the Avengers of Hyjal solely through killing trash and bosses. Most of the trash stops giving rep after 5999/6000 Friendly, but several challenging mobs continue to do so.

These factions, groups of jailers, battle for control of Tol Barad, a strategic island with valuable resources.

The NPCs joke that their orders change every day at 3 am, a reference to their large number of possible daily quests. Most players can do six dailies on Tol Barad Peninsula and up to nine dailies (if lucky) in Tol Barad for reputation. (However, if your server resets dailies at 4 am, you can check back at 3 am to see if several new quests are available on the Peninsula.) After each win, three dailies will remain constant while the other three can (but not always) change to focus on a different prison block. Tol Barad wins and commendations also award reputation. There is a tabard, Baradin's Wardens Tabard, but it does not grant reputation.

The Dragonmaw Clan, formerly the cruel enslavers of Alexstrasza, were recruited to assist the Horde in Cataclysm by Warchief Garrosh. The Wildhammer Clan, a reclusive Dwarvish clan, has re-entered Dwarven politics since the Council of the Three Hammers.

Named after the powerful elemental Therazane, this faction initially starts off hostile to all adventurers in Deepholm. As the quest line progresses, Therazane looks more favorably upon the Earthen Ring shamans, eventually forming a peaceful co-existence after they save the World Pillar.

Players gain reputation with Therazane in three ways: questing through Deepholm, numerous dailies once the entire zone is unlocked, and Tabard of Therazane that grants reputation in level 85 dungeons. Since there are so many daily quests, it's generally wise to save this tabard for last. The quartermaster and the dailies can be found in northeastern Deepholm.

Reputation comes naturally--when you gain reputation with any of the Vanguard's four sub-factions (Explorer's League, The Frostborn, The Silver Covenant, Valliance Expedition), you gain spillover rep with Alliance Vanguard. So by the time you are Exalted with two sub-factions, you will hit Exalted with the Alliance Vanguard. You can gain reputation with the other factions through questing or doing level 80 dungeons without a tabard.

Alliance VanguardFor all these factions, one may earn reputation by simply not equipping a tabard in instances. The highest faction will be given the main amount of reputation, with the other three factions receiving spillover reputation.

The Frostborn, a long-reclusive type of dwarf, lives in Frosthold in The Storm Peaks, ruled by Yorg Stormheart--Magni Bronzebeard after he lost his memory. They offer a handful of quests in The Storm Peaks and their NPCs sell fun items in return for the Relics of Ulduar such as Iron Boot Flask.

Horde ExpeditionFor all these factions, one may earn reputation by simply not equipping a tabard in instances. The highest faction will be given the main amount of reputation, with the other three factions receiving spillover reputation.

Sholazar BasinIn Sholazar Basin, players embark on a series of quests allying them with both whimsical factions--Frenzyheart Tribe and The Oracles--at different points while leveling. At the end of the quest series, you are forced to make a choice when completing A Hero's Burden: Killing Jaloot first will ensure your allegiance to the Frenzyheart Tribe, while killing Zepik deters you away from the Tribe and towards The Oracles.

Make sure to pick up the quest from the surviving Tribe member! After hitting exalted with one faction, you can repeat this kill to pick up the quest for the other faction. Both factions offer three daily quests out of eight total needed for Honorary Frenzyheart/Savior of the Oracles. Hitting exalted with both factions eventually will grant Mercenary of Sholazar, but only your current Exalted faction will count towards 40 Exalted Reputations.

These two factions, while they have very different lore, are meant to be equivalent factions in Nagrand that grant shiny talbuks. The Kurenai are a sect of the Broken, exiled and tainted Draenei, that are looking to discover their new identity. The Mag'har are Thrall's ancestral family--and a highlight of TBC questing is learning how Thrall reconnects with his grandmother.

Players get to neutral with Netherwing through a quest series beginning with Kindness. Upon completing that, the daily hub at Netherwing Ledge is unlocked. Players can gain reputation either by doing dailies or turning in Netherwing Egg scattered around the sub-zone. We've got a pretty extensive reputation guide on our faction page.

Players gain reputation with The Scale of the Sands by killing bosses and trash inside Mount Hyjal. There are only five bosses, which each spawn after waves of trash--so it's possible to keep wiping on the boss to respawn and farm the waves of trash.

At Friendly, players obtain an epic ring upon completing The Vials of Eternity, a former attunement chain, which is upgraded as your reputation levels increase. Players can purchase numerous epic gem cuts and hunters used to be able to purchase epic ammo. Hitting Exalted grants The Scale of the Sands.

There are numerous vendor rewards, such epic gem cuts for jewelcrafters and several epic trinket recipes for alchemists. Tabard of the Shattered Sun, You're So Offensive, and the title "of the Shattered Sun" are available at Exalted.

The Aldor and The Scryers are rival factions--the Aldor are a group of Draenei priests while the Scryers are a rebellious group of blood elves that sought redemption after their malicious deeds. Upon discovering Shattrath City, you will be given a tour of the city and then asked to pick a faction. You can only be Exalted with one faction at a time, but crafters and achievement-collectors have swapped sides for fun and Hero of Shattrath.

Classic (22)

The Argent Dawn is the precursor to the Argent Crusade, a group of soldiers dedicated to protecting Azeroth from evils such as the Burning Legion and the Scourge. While most members are now officially in the Argent Crusade, one can still hit Exalted with this faction.

Players gain reputation by slaughtering inhabitants of Booty Bay. The guards will net you and keep spawning--so bring friends to handle the waves of hostile mobs. Also be warned that your Steamwheedle Cartel rep will drop, but fortunately there are ways to raise it once your rep grind is done. Remember not to do quests associated with the Steamwheedle Cartel or else your pirate rep will drop! (However, players previously Honored with the Bloodsail before Cataclysm will have enough reputation to remain in good standing even if they redo all of STV for Loremaster.) Back in Wrath, players could painstakingly hit exalted by farming one lone goblin in The Badlands, Jazzrik, but he's now been removed.

This faction won't count towards the Exalted--the Feat of Strength Avast Ye, Admiral!, only requires Friendly and the Insane requires Honored; at that level, you'll get Avast Ye, Admiral!, which rewards you with a pirate hat that summons a parrot: Bloodsail Admiral's Hat. This achievement also grants the title "Bloodsail Admiral."

Reputation starts off slow with the Brood of Nozdormu. The quest to open the gates of Ahn'Qiraj gave some reputation, but that was removed in Cataclysm. Players gain reputation from clearing trash and bosses in Ahn'Qiraj (as well as smaller amounts of rep from bosses in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj), with slight amounts of additional reputation for completing quests that turn in honor. Clearing trash will only get you to 2999/3000 Neutral, so it is recommended to save the Qiraji Lord's Insignia from bosses and Ancient Qiraji Artifact from trash until then.

Exalted with the Brood grants Brood of Nozdormu. Neutral, Friendly, and Honored reputation is needed to create different components of Tier 2.5 armor, like Avenger's Crown. Epic rings are also available at each level of reputation until Exalted.

The , needed for Insane in the Membrane, is Azeroth's traveling carnival--with monthly stops alternating between Elwynn Forest, Mulgore, and Terokkar Forest. Players can enjoy many perks of a real carnival, such as prizes, fortunes, contests, and fanciful refreshments.

With the Darkmoon Faire's revamp in Patch 4.3, it's very easy to hit Exalted with the Faire if you keep doing daily quest games when the Faire is in town. Check out our guide for full details.

The Gelkis and Magram Clan Centaurs are rival tribes in southern Desolace. In completing quest chains, players unite all of the tribes against a common demonic foe. However, pre-Cataclysm, these two factions were at war with each other and killing one tribe raised reputation with the other. The reputation panels remain in-game, but the old way of gaining reputation has been removed. You couldn't hit Exalted with either tribe under the old system, but it was a challenge for players that truly were obsessive about reputation.

The Timbermaws are peaceful and uncorrupted Furbolgs that live in a tunnel between Felwood and Winterspring. They are cautious about trusting outsiders, so you will have to work hard to gain their respect.

After Cataclysm, the location of some Furbolg camps have changed, but the principle is the same. Complete quests in Felwood first, then complete the quests from Donova Snowden in Winterspring. Then, kill all of the furbolgs in sight, turning in More Beads for Salfa for additional reputation. It shouldn't take players a ton of time to hit Exalted, even if they skip some quests.

Players can gain reputation through traditional means by doing low-level quests and turning in commendation badges like Darnassus Writ of Commendation at the Argent Tournament and the Molten Front for additional reputation. Most importantly, players can purchase tabards, with no reputation requirement, from city quartermasters that increase reputation gains in dungeons.

Getting exalted with these factions leads to many titles, most notably for for Ambassador of the Alliance, and players Exalted with other factions can buy mounts. Additional titles are also available if players participate in the Argent Tournament.

Players can gain reputation through traditional means by doing low-level quests and turning in commendation badges at the Argent Tournament and now the Molten Front for additional reputation. Most importantly, players can purchase tabards, with no reputation requirement, from city quartermasters that increase reputation gains in dungeons.

Getting exalted with these factions leads to many titles, most notably for for Ambassador of the Horde, and players Exalted with other factions can buy mounts. Additional titles are also available if players participate in the Argent Tournament.

Alliance ForcesReaching Exalted with all three factions rewards Alliance players with The Justicar. Gaining rep with these factions used to unlock additional PvP gear, tabards, and mounts, but these have mostly been changed to honor.

One of the most difficult grinds in the game, you gain 35 reputation (45 on holiday weekends) per flag cap in Warsong Gulch. Definitely recommend queueing with friends for this one, as you'll most likely finish out the WSG meta before this achievement.

Horde ForcesReaching Exalted with all three factions rewards Horde players with The Conqueror. Gaining rep with these factions used to unlock additional PvP gear, tabards, and mounts, but these have mostly been changed to honor.

One of the most difficult grinds in the game, you gain 35 reputation (45 on holiday weekends) per flag cap in Warsong Gulch. Definitely recommend queueing with friends for this one, as you'll most likely finish out the WSG meta before this achievement.

Each city--Booty Bay, Everlook, Gadgetzan, and Ratchet--offers quest hubs that give reputation with their respective city-faction. With the changes to Dire Maul in Cataclysm and removal of Free Knot!, the only way to hit Exalted is by grinding pirates. The best method is to kill pirates at Lost Rigger Cove (south-east of Gadgetzan) until 11999/12000 honored with Gadgetzan, switch to Fray Island south-east of Ratchet) until exalted with Gadgetzan, and then switch back to Lost Rigger Cove to get spillover rep for the remaining three cities.

Removed (2)

Shen'dralarNow removed from the game, The Shen'dralar was one of the most fascinating factions, also one of the most difficult ones to gain reputation with. They are a group of arcane mages that flourished in Night Elf society before the Sundering; currently, they have broken their long exile to train apprentice magi in Cataclysm.

Players who hit exalted pre-Cata received the FoS Agent of the Shen'dralar. This reputation grind involved turning in zone-wide libram drops with special BoP items found in the Plaguelands. The librams were unique, and so only one could be kept in your inventory at a time.

The Shen'dralar's library is still intact, as well as the NPCs--it's definitely worth checking out for the lore.

Zandalar TribeThe Zandalar Tribe was a friendly group of scholarly trolls that aided adventurers in Zul'Gurub, providing them with armor, shoulder enchants, and elixirs. Players gained reputation by killing trash and bosses as well as turning in Bijous to their sacred altar on Yojimba Isle. With the changes in Cataclysm, this reputation was no longer obtainable as the Zandalar turned hostile, aligning themselves with several bloodthirsty tribes in a last-ditch attempt to preserve fading Troll customs.

Comments

Comment by Yasunobu

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:48:47 -0600

A nice, helpful guide :)

Comment by Cardem

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:49:11 -0600

Well, good job man. Very useful 4me ;)

Comment by Hairband

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:48:47 -0600

I don't think this is accurate about Hydraxxian Waterlords: "Players used to need reputation to acquire Eternal Quintessence, which allowed each boss rune in Molten Core to be doused, summoning Majordomo Executus. That's been simplified in Cataclysm though." (Emphasis added.)

I'm pretty sure that in BC and Wrath too, nothing was needed to summon bosses. No one that I ever ran with had it.

Comment by Adamsm

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:50:49 -0600

I don't think this is accurate about Hydraxxian Waterlords: "Players used to need reputation to acquire Eternal Quintessence, which allowed each boss rune in Molten Core to be doused, summoning Majordomo Executus. That's been simplified in Cataclysm though." (Emphasis added.)

I'm pretty sure that in BC and Wrath too, nothing was needed to summon bosses. No one that I ever ran with had it.

In BC and Wrath you still needed the Essence to douse the runes to take down the Majordomo.

Comment by Dreathloss

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:02:03 -0600

This will help with those last few reps i need ! Thanks ! :D

Comment by DKong27

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:50:59 -0600

Under Northrend, there is a formatting issue on Winds of the North. Also under Horde Vanguard and Alliance blahs in that tab you spelled "reptatuion" wrong.

Comment by Vynistra

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:02:41 -0600

I just need to get off my butt and finish Emperor Shaohao.I currently have every rep possible in-game at exalted except for that one, I just haven't gotten around to it.Very nice guide though. :)

Comment by Spexlianok

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:07:07 -0600

I agree :)

Comment by Spexlianok

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:08:38 -0600

a Nice,helpful guide :D

Yep i agree :D Give in to the Sha of Happiness {◕ ◡ ◕}

Comment by Furydeath

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:51:45 -0600

lol that "Dire Maul" link.

Comment by Bibendi

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:54:21 -0600

Hey there!Nice work!I would like to add since pandaria Argent Dawn can be championed in Stratholme and Eastern Plaguelands, so you no longer are left with the awful quest farming.

Comment by Adamsm

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:59:47 -0600

Hey there!Nice work!I would like to add since pandaria Argent Dawn can be championed in Stratholme and Eastern Plaguelands, so you no longer are left with the awful quest farming.

Um...You have to do those quests to unlock it, then do the turn in multiple times to finish it off.

Comment by Bibendi

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:16:14 -0600

So! You made me check this and I was utterly mistaken....The mobs in EP and stratholme do grant Argent rep, however it is the Argent Crusade one :(:

Comment by stym

on Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:36:23 -0600

Well, good job man. Very useful 4me ;)

"man"?

Comment by Pelontir

on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:35:31 -0600

Great guilde, I love this stuff as reputation farmer :-)

Small correction in section about Dragonmaw Clan/Wildhammer Clan:

The second bullet states: "The questlines will not grant that much honor (roughly to the start of Honored)". You mean reputation instead of honor here i would say.

Comment by RCanine

on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:45:00 -0600

Don't forget: there's a quest in STV that puts booty bay in a phase where all of the bruisers are level 35—makes killing them much easier.

Comment by kazigath

on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:26:46 -0600

The guide is great however there's gotta be more entertaining ways to get reputation. The grind factor in WoW has become majorly NOT entertaining. I don't like the farmville aspect of grinding rep. What I really liked about an OLD mmo I used to play was the RVR (world pvp) aspect. I think they need to look at more entertaining ways to have terrain and structures play a pivotal role in how players pvp in the world.

At the moment rep grinds feel forced and a chore that you have to do. Not a good attribute in a game where the goal is to enjoy oneself.

Comment by Adamsm

on Tue, 17 Dec 2013 06:47:32 -0600

The guide is great however there's gotta be more entertaining ways to get reputation. The grind factor in WoW has become majorly NOT entertaining. I don't like the farmville aspect of grinding rep. What I really liked about an OLD mmo I used to play was the RVR (world pvp) aspect. I think they need to look at more entertaining ways to have terrain and structures play a pivotal role in how players pvp in the world.

At the moment rep grinds feel forced and a chore that you have to do. Not a good attribute in a game where the goal is to enjoy oneself.

Lol, the 'grind factor' has existed in WoW since day one, this is not a new thing by any stretch of the imagination.

Comment by Mirouku

on Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:52:18 -0600

Now i know what to do while i'm in LFR :)

Comment by HelloKitty

on Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:48:58 -0600

One note: Regarding Bloodsail Buccaneers, it was not possible to reach exalted off of Jazrik.

While it's worth noting that Jaz gave little rep and had a ~7ish minute respawn timer, it's worth noting even more that his rep stopped at 21999/22000 Revered. To break into Exalted, you needed to kill the Fleet Admiral located off the coast outside of Dun Morogh, who had a 24-48 HOUR respawn.